28 Oct 2014 Word Health Organization: BRICS Have Less Clout Than They Should Large emerging economies have a hard time finding a common ground on global health issues. The difficulty lies in making effective alliances which do not, however, impede their autonomy to provide health policy solutions on the national level as they see fit
17 Oct 2014 The Right to Be Forgotten: Who Should Decide? The recent ruling of the EU Court of Justice in the Google Spain case ends up delegating a public function to a private actor. The decision raises a number of tricky questions concerning the balance between personal privacy and freedom of information
17 Oct 2014 Maxi Future for Mini Bonds This financial instrument, common in AngloSaxon countries, was introduced in Italy by the Monti government, but it will take a while before their beneficial effect is felt by firms
16 Oct 2014 Who Is the European Attorney General? The current Italian Presidency of the European Union has made proposals to fight organized crimes on a continental scale. The ideas are good and make sense, but Italy's own record to date on this matter in Europe is not encouraging
08 Oct 2014 Standing on the Shoulders of the Crowd Crowdfunding is a revolutionary change in the funding of startups: it widens the range of opportunities, without crowding out venture capitalists and other financial actors
07 Oct 2014 Too Intertwined to Fail Few banks dominate investment banking, and the big players are in the process of specializing to thrive under the new regulatory regime. This leaves each specialized subsector with only a couple of major banks that are once again too big and too interconnected to fail